Cloud war among AWS, Azure and Google getting worse
The cloud computing landscape refers to on-demand services, computer networks, storage, applications or resources accessed via the internet and through another provider's shared cloud computing infrastructure, is maturing rapidly yet financial transparency backslides and this market is moving towards multi-cloud spin, as the hybrid shift by players such as IBM, which acquired Red Hat, could change the landscape. Cloud computing is driving IT spending overall. As per Gartner, 2019, Global IT spending to increase 3.2 percent to $3.76 trillion with as-a-service models fueling everything from data center spending to enterprise software.
Cloud computing services are categorized as:
* Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS): This platform offers infrastructure services like servers, operating systems, virtual machines, networks and storage on a pay-per-use basis.
* Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS): This computing model offers services used for developing, testing, and maintaining the software of infrastructure along with database management and business intelligence tools.
* Software-as-a-Service (SaaS): This service connects users to the applications through the Internet on a subscription basis.
Several research firms have predicted that the cloud market is bound to be worth 4.1 billion dollars by the year 2020. This growth is propelled by an escalated need for business agility and innovation, scalability in a highly competitive market and the ability to move in tandem with the government’s Digital India initiative.
Artificial intelligence, Internet of things and analytics are the upsell technologies for cloud vendors. Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform all have similar strategies to land customers with compute, cloud storage, serverless functions and then upsell you to the AI that'll differentiate them. Companies like IBM are looking to manage AI and cloud services across multiple clouds.
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